In this file photo, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah addresses a press conference. — DawnNewsTV/File
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in order to boost recoveries of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, directed the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) on Thursday to collect local taxes on behalf of the city’s municipality to make it financially strong.
He took this decision while presiding over a meeting held to resolve pension issues of the local bodies — the KMC, DMCs, KDA and other local committees — here at CM House. The meeting was attended by Agriculture Minister Ismail Rahu, Local Government Minister Nasir Shah, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, finance secretary Hassan Naqvi, agriculture secretary Rahim Soomro and the KMC’s municipal commissioner.